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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Opinion

The GDP by expenditure

The National Income Committee of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has released the GDP estimates for 2025-26, both...

Updated 10 Nov, 2026 06:39am

Opinion

The inflow of foreign assistance

The inflow of foreign assistance is of critical importance in financing the current account deficit in the balance...

Updated 03 Nov, 2026 05:58am

Opinion

State of the economy

The National Income Accounts Committee has recently finalized the quarterly and annual estimates of the growth rate...

Published 27 Oct, 2026 04:30am

Opinion

High incidence of poverty—II

The previous article had focused on the finding by the World Bank that Pakistan accounted for half the poverty in...

Updated 20 Oct, 2026 06:00am

Opinion

High incidence of poverty

The World Bank has recently released an estimate that Pakistan accounts for nearly half of the poverty in the MENAAP...

Published 13 Oct, 2026 05:04am

Opinion

IMF programme: fourth review—II

The first part of the article was published last week prior to the arrival of Staff Mission to Pakistan for the...

Updated 06 Oct, 2026 06:51am

Opinion

IMF programme’s fourth review

The fourth review of the IMF Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility is to commence...

Updated 29 Sep, 2026 06:08am

Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, has been showing a rising trend since January 2026,...

Updated 22 Sep, 2026 06:58am

Opinion

The pricing of fuel—II

The price of Brent crude has spiralled up to USD 107.86 per barrel on the 11th of September. This is the highest...

Updated 15 Sep, 2026 05:29am

Opinion

The pricing of fuel

The focus of this article is on the pricing of liquid fuel, especially petrol and high-speed diesel oil. These are...

Updated 08 Sep, 2026 07:21am

Opinion

The ebbing of foreign investment inflows

The statistics released by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) on foreign private investment inflows, direct and...

Updated 01 Sep, 2026 05:49am

Opinion

Budgetary outcomes of provincial govts

The four Provincial governments of Pakistan combined account for a sizeable part of the consolidated public...

Published 25 Aug, 2026 04:54am

Opinion

Positive fiscal outcome of 2025-26

The information on fiscal operations in Pakistan in 2025-26 was released last week by the Federal Ministry of...

Updated 18 Aug, 2026 05:28am

Opinion

Fiscal federalism in Pakistan

The World Bank has recently published a report on Strengthening Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan. This report has come...

Updated 11 Aug, 2026 05:47am

Opinion

Pakistan’s international rankings

The good news is that Pakistan’s credit rating has been improved recently by the Standard and Poor’s from B- to B....

Published 04 Aug, 2026 03:37am

Opinion

The balance of payments

The SBP has released recently the statistics on the external balance of payments of Pakistan, both on an annual and...

Published 28 Jul, 2026 05:33am

Opinion

The double-digit inflation

The month of June 2026 has witnessed a rate of inflation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 11.1 percent on a...

Updated 21 Jul, 2026 06:37am

Opinion

The inflow of external assistance

The federal budget estimates for 2026-27 have targeted for a big gross inflow of external assistance of USD 23.37...

Published 14 Jul, 2026 05:00am

Opinion

GDP growth rate in 2025-26

The previous week’s article had highlighted the divergence between the sectoral growth rates for 2025-26, estimated...

Updated 07 Jul, 2026 04:59am

Opinion

The 2026-27 Annual Plan

The Annual Plan for 2026-27 has been released by the Planning Commission of the Government of Pakistan. It has been...

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 05:54am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 12	276.81 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 12	276.61 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 12	159.82 ▲ 0.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 12	0.83 ▲ 0.0003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 12	1.33 ▼ -0.0019
Euro to USD / Nov 12	1.11 ▼ -0.0017
SOFR % / Nov 10	3.89 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 12	81,896.37
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 12	60,792.29
Hang Seng / Nov 12	24,032.15
FTSE 100 / Nov 12	10,860.32
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 12	26,973.67
France CAC40 / Nov 12	8,387.88
S&P 500 / Nov 11	7,619.38
Nasdaq / Nov 11	25,466.19
Dow Jones / Nov 11	52,486.49

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 13	335
Diesel/Litre / Nov 13	364
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 12	86.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 12	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 12	357,112
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 12	3,978
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 12	82.48

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Nov 12 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.55 ▲ 0.86 (11.18%)
Security Investment Bank / Nov 12 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	10.53 ▲ 1 (10.49%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 12 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	10.96 ▲ 1 (10.04%)
Crescent Fib. / Nov 12 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	76.84 ▲ 6.99 (10.01%)
Prosperity Weav / Nov 12 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	61.02 ▲ 5.55 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Nov 12 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	26.62 ▲ 2.42 (10%)
ARM Green Industries / Nov 12 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	99.24 ▲ 9.02 (10%)
Arpak Int. / Nov 12 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	138.71 ▲ 12.61 (10%)
Asim Textile / Nov 12 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	67.07 ▲ 6.1 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Nov 12 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	604.11 ▲ 54.92 (10%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Nov 12 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	0.26 ▼ -0.2 (-43.48%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Nov 12 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.76 ▼ -0.6 (-13.76%)
Hira Textile / Nov 12 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.25 ▼ -0.5 (-10.53%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 12 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	20.76 ▼ -2.31 (-10.01%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 12 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	77.98 ▼ -8.66 (-10%)
J.K.Spinning / Nov 12 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	372.26 ▼ -41.36 (-10%)
Popular Islamic / Nov 12 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	152.93 ▼ -16.99 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 12 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	14 ▼ -1.55 (-9.97%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 12 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	210.18 ▼ -23.09 (-9.9%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 12 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	76.60 ▼ -8.09 (-9.55%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	190,622,572 ▲ 0.03
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 12 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	147,355,708 ▼ -0.31
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 12 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	55,342,344 ▲ 0.03
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	35,381,209 ▲ 0.1
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 12 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	34,091,021 ▲ 0.08
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Nov 12 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	30,204,209 ▲ 0.04
Hascol Petrol / Nov 12 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	22,959,535 ▲ 0.24
Pak Elektron / Nov 12 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	21,421,963 ▲ 0.36
B.O.Punjab / Nov 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,558,575 ▼ -0.39
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 12 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	19,339,405 ▼ -0.29

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